Ornithomyinae

Ornithomyinae

Pseudolynchia canariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Hippoboscoidea
Family:	Hippoboscidae
Subfamily:	Ornithomyinae Bigot, 1853
Genera
see text

Ornithomyinae is a subfamily of the fly family Hippoboscidae. All are blood feeding parasites, for the most part on birds, though some have mammals as hosts.^[1]^[2]

Systematics

Subfamily Ornithomyinae Bigot, 1853

Genus Allobosca Speiser, 1899 (1 species)
Genus Austrolfersia Bequaert, 1953 (1 species)
Genus Crataerina von Olfers, 1816 (8 species)
Genus Icosta Speiser, 1905 (52 species)
Genus Microlynchia Lutz, 1915 (4 species)
Genus Myophthiria Róndani, 1875 (13 species)
Genus Olfersia Leach, 1817 (7 species)
Genus Ornithoctona Speiser, 1902 (12 species)
Genus Ornithoica Róndani, 1878 (24 species)
Genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (29 species)
Genus Ornithophila Róndani, 1879 (2 species)
Genus Ortholfersia Speiser, 1902 (4 species)
Genus Phthona Maa, 1969 (3 species)
Genus Proparabosca Theodor & Oldroyd 1965 (1 species)
Genus Pseudolynchia Bequaert, 1926 (5 species)
Genus Stilbometopa Coquillett, 1899 (5 species)

References

^ Hutson, A.M (1984). Diptera: Keds, flat-flies & bat-flies (Hippoboscidae & Nycteribiidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 pt 7. Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 84 pp.
^ Dick, C. W. (2006). Checklist of World Hippoboscidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea).. Chicago: Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 1–7pp.